# Accident 20090919025629A: Cessna 172, SC, September 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2009, 11:06 local time
- Place: SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1592° N, 82.6942° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1592&lon=-82.6942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5845A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5845A-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA527) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090919025629A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO LAKE RUSSELL NEAR LOUNDESVILLE, SC.  THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD THAT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09LA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA527), Sep 19, 2009: Cessna 172 (N5845A), Lowndesville, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and improper decision to continue flight into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation after entering instrument flight…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.